Ben Turner

Some stars may transform into black holes without exploding into supernovae. Now, astronomers have finally spotted it as it happened.

How did supermassive black holes get big so fast? Astrophysicist Sophie Koudmani tells us how she and her colleagues are finding out.

A 2022 image of our galaxy's central black hole taken with the Event Horizon Telescope could have some important inaccuracies, a new study claims.

A radical hypothesis suggesting black holes could be behind the accelerating expansion of our universe has been stirring up controversy among astronomers. A new study may contain the first tantalizing hints it could be real.

Language processing happens at speeds significantly faster than it takes to speak one word aloud.

The weathering of rocks in the Canadian Rockies is accelerating with rising temperatures, creating a feedback loop that is set to dump even more carbon dioxide into the atmosphere.

The Atlantic Ocean's most vital ocean current is showing troubling signs of reaching a disastrous tipping point. Oceanographer Stefan Rahmstorf tells Live Science what the impacts could be.

The first piece of the Euclid space telescope's map of the universe is crammed with 14 million galaxies and 100 million sources of light. The mapping project is now 1% done.

The Boeing-made Intelsat 33e satellite broke apart in orbit over the weekend. But company representatives don't yet know why.

Climate change and chronic water mismanagement are placing "unprecedented stress" on the world's water systems, according to a new report.